[Masterless]

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Originally Posted by Phantomcrow

With the IM3 Legends having the Iron Monger and the Jubilee BAF wave coming I hope we are seeing a return to a normal BAF or a larger BAF like the Monger. I don't mind a whole lot with a small BAF since we have been getting large figures in the regular line, like Thor, and the Wrecking Crew and these are the size of a BAF any way. I saw they also plan to make Ultimate Green Goblin as a BAF , so I hope to see this trend continue. Remember when Hasbro started ML with Annhilis and Blob and even the Brood Queen (crappy as she may have been) I was fine with this. I know we will NEVER return to the days of the HUGE BAF like Fin Fang Foom, or the Sentinel from Toy Biz (by far my favorite, I have 8 of them currently ;-) ) I enjoy having characters like Hit Monkey and Rocket Raccoon and even Puck, but these are accessories not BAF's. I mean how hard would it be to make a line that has 6 of the X-babies as accessories???? Hell even make a 90's era Dazzler to go in the line or a 90's era Shatterstar figure to have a connecting thread. I mean Toy Biz had the X-babies planned with the Mojo Baf wave and it fell through, they even showed prototypes at one point.

Action Figure Insider- SDCC 2006!

Pics from the X-babies from 2006 and even the AIM and Hellfire Club soldiers.

Ultimate Green Goblin as a BAF, that is enamoring. But I might've talked about the 'smaller BAFs' like I completely hate it so let me regress. I bought the Rocket Raccoon wave and honestly, YES it's because of the characters there that makes the set worth it(Hawkeye, Scarlet Spider, and Black Panther are my favorite). You said it the best, the small BAFs resemble the feeling of accessories like those useless stands from the 'epic heroes' line from Hasbro recently but with a LOT more fun factor to them obviously. But as for Rocket Raccoon, I actually like him. Offers a bit more articulation than I thought and he looks rather ravenous with his gun.

And honestly, while I do love the huge BAFs like Sentinel and Apocalypse from Toybiz, I still take joy in the 'smaller' BAFs like Onslaught(my favorite Toybiz BAF so far), MODOK(finishing him) and as for Hasbro, Iron Monger and Terrax was a good size so I have no qualms with them(never really had the incentive for Blob and Anihilus), in fact I like Terrax a lot. Jubilee is an odd choice for a BAF in my opinion, especially if that is the 'last' wave that isn't movie related, however it is what it is. I do look forward to the future BAFs to an extent. I wish they would adhere to bigger sizes, but we'll get what we get and I'll either get them because they are 'worth it' in my eyes, or they are not. Only time will tell.